The buildup for what is anticipated to be the biggest combat sports event in history continues this week, and Conor McGregor has another item for his resume.

McGregor has landed the cover of the next edition of ESPN The Magazine – “The Fighting Issue” – which will arrive on newsstands this Friday. ESPN The Magazine revealed the cover to MMAjunkie exclusively alongside an announcement on today’s morning edition of “SportsCenter” on ESPN.

The issue includes a cover line saying: “This is no fairy tale: McGregor and his dangerous road to Mayweather.” The cover story is a feature by veteran sports journalist and ESPN The Magazine senior writer Wright Thompson, which now is available to read online at ESPN.com ahead of the magazine’s physical release.

McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC), the UFC’s lightweight champion and the only concurrent two-division champion in the promotion’s history, fights all-time great Floyd Mayweather (49-0 boxing) in a crossover boxing match Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view event is expected to be the most lucrative prize fight of all time.

According to a news release from ESPN, the issue “details how divided sports fans are about watching” the fight, and “also delves deeply into these two personalities and what has led them to where they are today.”

While Mayweather opened as a 12-1 favorite over McGregor, the odds at Las Vegas sports books now sit around -700 for the favored boxer, going after a 50-0 career record, to +500 for the brash Irishman.

Mayweather and McGregor in July participated in a four-day promotional tour spanning four cities and three countries, from Los Angeles to Toronto to Brooklyn to London, to promote the fight. This week, MMAjunkie will be hand in Las Vegas for planned media workouts for Mayweather on Thursday and McGregor on Friday.